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Comey's job performance. The White House claimed Mr Comey's firing was motivated exclusively by concerns over his handling of the high-stakes probe into Hillary Clinton's e-mails. The Acting FBI Director also said that there has been no effort to impede Russian Federation investigation - which was the driving insinuation of virtually all coverage yesterday. (more...)

I hope you won't either. The Trump administration is looking to fill the job, which requires Senate confirmation, after Mr Trump abruptly fired director James Comey on Tuesday. That's according to two people familiar with the search process who weren't authorized to publicly discuss the deliberations and spoke on condition of anonymity. (more...)

Plus NBC has learned President Obama personally warned Mr. Trump against hiring Flynn. "We believed that General Flynn was compromised with respect to the Russians", Yates told the hearing in her first public comments on the scandal which has dogged the opening months of Trump's presidency. (more...)

The second was a battle that took nearly an hour was an epic battle with both players locked at 2-2 before Nadal went ahead 4-2. "I haven't had that feeling in months, so it's great to feel that", said Djokovic. Ivan Lendl makes an unlikely superhero but next Sunday he will don his cape and mask and sweep into Europe in a bid to salvage Andy Murray's clay court season. (more...)

Trump said that one possible alternative to briefings would be, "We do it through a piece of paper with a perfectly accurate, lovely answer". "Should have never exonerated her". The president is considering 11 people to replace Mr Comey, a White House official said. Critics have assailed Trump for abruptly dismissing Comey just as the agency is investigating alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 US election, and possible Moscow ties to the Trump presidential campaign. (more...)

Trump's visit to this bastion of support came after a tumultuous week in which he fired FBI Director James Comey and faced questions about whether the timing of the firing could be related to an ongoing investigation into possible ties between his campaign and Russian officials - after a determination by the USA intelligence community that Russia had meddled in the election to help Trump and hurt Hillary Clinton. (more...)

The US Secretary of Defense said his country is still focusing on ISIS, while not saying whether the the US or the global anti-ISIS coalition would avoid targeting ISIS within the framework of the new de-escalation agreement. When pressed about whether he thought the de-escalation zones could help end the conflict, in which some 400,000 people have died, Mattis said that that it's not clear at this time and that "the devil's always in the details". (more...)

The White House said Mr Comey was sacked over the FBI's mishandling of the investigation into Hillary Clinton's email practices. Mr Trump said the candidates were "outstanding people" and "very well known". The president is considering 11 people to replace Mr Comey, a White House official said. One of the main questions Feinstein wanted to be discussed in the committee's public hearings is that "whether the FBI director was sacked to disrupt an investigation into Russia's interference in ... (more...)

The officer was placed on administrative leave before Tuesday's firing when Balch Springs Police said he violated department policies. "I acted on them", Haber said . "You have my assurances my department will continue to be responsive, transparent and accountable". We also know that although his actions were the most wicked and consequential, he was not the only officer responsible for terrible behavior that evening. (more...)

The six known candidates are among dozens of people that Trump is considering. "[The candidates] have been vetted over their lifetime essentially, but very well-known, highly respected, really talented people". He told reporters it was possible he could make public his selection before he departs for the Mideast and Europe. John Cornyn of Texas, the No. 2 Senate leader and a former state attorney general. (more...)

Doctors said he had a stomach virus and sent him home, attorney Carla Leader said. That night, he was complaining of stomach pains. "I saw some concerning events in the video and I don't even have a child at the school", the detective wrote in the email to school administrators. (more...)

Lindsey Graham of SC, according to a report by the Associated Press . The letter sent by Trump's lawyers today is likely to do nothing to assuage critics who argue Trump's business ties with Russian Federation represent a presidential conflict of interest. (more...)

After the committee hearing recessed, several Texas city and county leaders held a press conference at the Capitol and opposed the bill . "Does that not concern you that you have these well-respected groups opposing this bill?" asked state Sen. (more...)

Horgan sought to portray Clark as out of touch with regular British Columbians who feel the economy is not working for them, while Weaver cast the Greens as political outsiders. For instance, the NDP's George Chow won in Vancouver-Fraserview, a battleground riding where Liberal cabinet minister, Suzanne Anton, was seeking re-election. (more...)

Two Renault union members spoke on the condition they remain anonymous because of the sensitive situation. The extortion attack, which locked up computers and held users' files for ransom, was believed to be the biggest of its kind ever recorded, disrupting services in countries including the US, Russia, Spain, Ukraine, India and Taiwan. (more...)

At its peak, the site consisted of nine nuclear reactors and four reprocessing plants, created to turn uranium into plutonium. It is located about 200 miles southeast of Seattle and is half the size of Rhode Island. Its last reactor closed down in 1987 and since then some 8,000 people at the facility have been working to clean up millions of gallons of leftover waste stored in aging tanks. (more...)

Before her speech, DeVos was also given an honorary degree by the school. DeVos, who favors allowing parents to use public money to choose among public, charter and private schools, had referred to HBCUs as "pioneers" in school choice , when in fact the schools were created for the most part after the Civil War to educate black students, who were barred from white institutions. (more...)

The Belt and Road Initiative refers to the Silk Road Economic Belt and 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road, which were put forward by President Xi Jinping in the autumn of 2013. However, before that there is one outstanding concern that whether India's neighbours, except Pakistan, can afford or can stand up against the pressure, and even disturbance from India. (more...)

Less than 48 hours ago, clashes between Kurdish groups and Turkish Army units were reported in the Tell Abyad area, also in Syrian territory and where Ankara troops burst in since August 2016. A senior Kurdish official, Ilham Ahmad told The Associated Press that American forces began carrying out patrols along the border Thursday along with reconnaissance flights in the area. (more...)

China will set up 50 joint laboratories with countries participating in the Belt and Road initiative to enhance cooperation on innovation, he said. President Xi Jinping greeted leaders from 29 nations for the two-day summit in Beijing after US and South Korean military officials confirmed that Pyongyang had launched a ballistic missile. (more...)